Customizable Authentication System

2. The network-based authentication system of claim 1, wherein the user-customized logic is received as bytecode.

3. The network-based authentication system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to provide an Application Programming Interface (API) to the user that facilitates user-creation of the user-customized logic.

4. The network-based authentication system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to request information from a third-party service across the network as part of the step of verifying the additional credentials.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the user-customized logic is received as bytecode.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising a step of providing an Application Programming Interface (API) to the user that facilitates user-creation of the user-customized logic.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising a step of requesting, by the processor, information from a third-party service across the network, the information being used in the step of verifying the additional credentials.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the third-party service is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the user-customized logic is received as bytecode.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises a step of providing an Application Programming Interface (API) to the user that facilitates user-creation of the user-customized logic.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises a step of requesting, by the processor, information from a third-party service across the network, the information being used in the step of verifying the additional credentials.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the third-party service is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database.